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Marvel fans ponder the truly absurd and horrifying ways The Blip could have interrupted people’s lives

What would you have been doing when The Blip wiped out half of existence?

The Blip. One of the most destructive events ever to happen in the MCU. Caused by Thanos at the end of Avengers: Infinity War as he uses all the Infinity Stones to erase fifty percent of life in the universe. The Blip dusted people indiscriminately, no matter who they were or what they were in the middle of. Now, some Marvel fans have compiled a list of the most awkward or inopportune moments to be blipped.

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Theatres across the globe were plunged into a shocked silence when, at the end of Infinity War, Thanos actually achieved his goal of wiping out fifty percent of all life in the universe. The moments after gave us a quick glimpse into what The Blip looked like as some of our favorite heroes were dusted away, with Peter Parker grasping onto Iron Man as he pleaded, “I don’t want to go,” before dusting right in front of him. It was a sobering moment for many in the audience to see our heroes lose for once and lose on a massive scale.

In phase four, we got to see what the return of people looked like as well, with Spider-Man: No Way Home showing the rather funny moment a marching band appeared in the middle of a school game, or, less funny, series such as WandaVision showed hospitals in disarray as people landed back in the positions they were dusted from.

There must have been some regrettable Blip incidents, and now Marvel fans have taken to Reddit to go over what they imagine to be the most absurd, funniest, or downright horrifying ways The Blip could have interfered in many people’s lives.

Some people had some slightly more humorous ideas.

This Redditor was thinking a little more about their finances and what would happen to them should they be Blipped out of existence.

This offering was a little more in line with the OP’s but went pretty dark indeed. We now wonder why the Avengers wouldn’t warn people they were attempting to bring everyone back for just this instance.

This would only add layers to the tragedy.

Many thought about workers in vital industries such as energy plants.

In the case below, we hope they come back with their gear still attached, but who to say.

Though we wonder about those who left in precarious positions, this worry about passengers who were flying when they were blipped, or like the above example, in the middle of an extreme sport, shouldn’t worry too much.

Well, as long as everyone was placed out of harm’s way, then that’s a great thing, though there must still have been some truly absurd moment for certain individuals, no matter what.


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Laura Pollacco
Laura Pollacco is Freelance Writer at We Got This Covered and has been deep diving into entertainment news for almost a full year. After graduating with a degree in Fashion Photography from Falmouth University, Laura moved to Japan, then back to England, and now back to Japan. She doesn't watch as much anime as she would like but keeps up to date with all things Marvel and 'Lord of the Rings'. She also writes about Japanese culture for various Tokyo-based publications.